Family Wants Life Terms for Killers of Frontline Staff

Family Wants Life Terms for Killers of Frontline Staff
A paramedic unloads a patient from an ambulance at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on January 10, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. Jenny Evans/Getty Images
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Laws to better protect New South Wales (NSW) frontline health workers could be on the cards after the fatal stabbing of a Sydney paramedic, with his family calling for tougher penalties.

The family of Steven Tougher, a 29-year-old father killed while taking a meal break during a night shift outside a Sydney McDonald’s last Friday, wants mandatory life sentences for those who kill anyone in the line of duty.

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